Pawan Kalyan Seeks Public Support To Fight Uddhanam Tragedy

Viskhapatnam: Actor Pawan Kalyan on Sunday sought public support to fight the mysterious kidney disease that has affected villagers of uddhanam in Srikakulam district. The Uddhanam kidney tragedy has claimed over 4,000 lives and impaired more than 34,000 villagers, so far.

Addressing a programme organised by his party (Jana Sena) supporters here, he said the previous governments have failed to address the issue that has now assumed menacing proportions. The Jana Sena chief did not mince words when he said that chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has not taken any concrete action till date to alleviate the suffering of the Uddhanam villagers.

Pawan Kalyan said that people from all walks of the society should take the responsibility to help the people of Uddhanam who are suffering from mysterious kidney ailment that has impacted their livelihood. "People should keep their party affiliations aside and work to address this problem," the actor said while referring to a team of professors and researchers from Harvard University who will conduct a field study and tour Andhra Pradesh's Uddhanam region in Srikakulam district. The expert team will examine locals, to try and diagnose the cause for a huge number of cases of kidney-related diseases in the region.